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CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1948 – September 27, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Delassus, of Florissant, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Florissant, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 28
- JERRY EDWARD DENSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- DONALD LEE ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- MITCHELL LAWRENCE FIRMINSpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
- RONALD LESTER GRANVILLESpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFERY CHARLES NILESCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- DELFIN HILARIO COOKStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 27
- KEVIN LESLIE GREENESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 29
- QUENTIN FOXX HURSTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 29
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 30
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 33
From Florissant
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH GENE BLANTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS PREVEDELSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DONALD JESS GARVEY JRPrivate · September 28, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.